crier
Americannoun
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a person who cries.
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a court or town official who makes public announcements.
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a hawker.
noun
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a person or animal that cries
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(formerly) an official who made public announcements, esp in a town or court
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a person who shouts advertisements about the goods he is selling
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Etymology
Origin of crier
1250–1300; Middle English criere < Old French. See cry, -er 1
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The first written evidence of cheese rolling was found in a message to the Gloucester Town Crier in 1826, though it is clear the event was already an old tradition even then.
From BBC • May 27, 2024
Weekly Crier did not respond to a request for comment.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 19, 2024
One particularly egregious example: A July story in the local outlet the Los Altos Town Crier noted that S.B.
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2023
Trying to fall asleep in the heat is torturous, Ms. Crier, 60, said, and she has had to get up and wash herself with cold water in the dark just to get through the night.
From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2021
“It was like I was sleepwalking,” Daldry tells the Crier.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
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